But it is quite something else when you are both feathery and famous …. and you’ve also never met a stranger.

(Biographer’s note: Pearl must have gotten this from his Grandma, the Small Tree – she too makes instant friends wherever she goes).

Because you are very friendly, everyone else is very friendly too.

Plus, everyone wants to be friends with the prettiest, cutest being they’ve ever met!

Well hello there! We haven’t met yet, but you look very friendly!How kind of you to stop by and introduce yourself!My name is Pearl. I’m a parrot. I’m famous and feathery. What’s your name?Mom, come meet my new friend. His name is “Water Bottle” and he is green – my favorite color!